Inspired by this thread I tried the following:
start-vmware:
#! /bin/bash
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libaoss.so exec aoss /opt/vmware/workstation/bin/vmware "$@"
start-vmplayer:
#! /bin/bash
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libaoss.so exec aoss /opt/vmware/workstation/bin/vmplayer "$@"
Works for me like a charm. Tried with VMware-Workstation v6.5.3.185404 on a Gentoo-Linux X86_64 with alsa-oss.
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Larry